Incident #1001507
Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Kty, Alaska
1998
Account
Gerald P. was riding his bike back to Ketchikan on the North Tongass Hwy near Whipple Creek when he saw a creature stand up in the ditch across the road, about 20 feet away. About 7 feet, close to 300 lbs., long arms, dark brown fur longest on head and shoulders. Bent over, apparently trying to dig at something in the ditch. Flies buzzing around it, and horrible smell. Small black cat jumped out of the ditch behind it just as he rode by.
When
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Alaska
- County
- Ketchikan Gateway Kty
- Nearest Town
- Ketchikan
- Population of Town
- 8000
- Latitude
- 5525--
- Longitude
- 13145--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- ditch
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- ditch
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- coniferous
- Unnatural Conditions
- second growth
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- cedar, hemlock
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Rob Alley [email protected]
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JULY 1999
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JULY 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- stooped
- Appearance
- matted
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Shorter On
- body
- Hair Longer on
- head, shoulders
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Head Profile
- high in back
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- got up, handled something
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Arms Used
- for digging
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- did not see
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Observer saw a small black cat pop out of the ditch behind the creature and bound into the trees.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- stooped
- Appearance
- matted
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Shorter On
- body
- Hair Longer on
- head, shoulders
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Head Profile
- high in back
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- got up, handled something
- Arms Used
- for digging
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- did not see
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Observer saw a small black cat leap out of the ditch behind the creature and bound into the woods.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Rob Alley
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- bicycling
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 16 to 20